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most of us voted for mccain. i certainly did. but i knew that the cause of freedom would be better served for the long haul, not sherburn sherwood obviously would be better off. long-term i thought no way to turn everything around. i saw no way that we are going to go back to the vision of our founders with john mccain as president. all of these republican presidents, they're not presidents, politicians, national and most of the state level have grown government. it's only with the tea party coming along that we have the opportunity. we be people like ken buck, joe miller, rent paul, talking about going to the vision of our founders. you don't hear republicans here the last 15, 20 years in washington talking about that. >> might come you got anything to add quite >> ioan or the republican establhment is located. if i go back in history in the 1940's, 50's and 60's that exist in madison were to the okhotsk, the princeton club, their members included people like henry luce, the publisher of times and is editor of fortune was also t
most of us voted for mccain. i certainly did. but i knew that the cause of freedom would be better served for the long haul, not sherburn sherwood obviously would be better off. long-term i thought no way to turn everything around. i saw no way that we are going to go back to the vision of our founders with john mccain as president. all of these republican presidents, they're not presidents, politicians, national and most of the state level have grown government. it's only with the tea party...
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mccain -- try to think of what it would be like with mccain. they would govern a generation of the establishment of a country club republicans had won the election in 2008. most of us voted for mccain. i certainly did. but i knew that the cause of freedom would be better served, for the long haul -- no way were we going back to the vision of our founders with john mccain as president. all of these republican presidents -- not present, politicians, in the national and state level, it is only with the tea party coming along that we have people like rahm and paul -- like rand paul talking about going back to our founders. >> mike, do have anything to add? >> i do not know where the republican establishment is located. in the 1940's, 1950's, 1960's, it existed in madison avenue of new york. their members included people like henry luce whose editor of fortune was the campaign manager -- forn the willkie's wendell willkie. there was an establishment for that. those people are all dead now. most of them have been for a long time. i do not know who th
mccain -- try to think of what it would be like with mccain. they would govern a generation of the establishment of a country club republicans had won the election in 2008. most of us voted for mccain. i certainly did. but i knew that the cause of freedom would be better served, for the long haul -- no way were we going back to the vision of our founders with john mccain as president. all of these republican presidents -- not present, politicians, in the national and state level, it is only...
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thank you. >> thank you, senator mccain. secretary lynn. >> a thank you for the opportunity to appear before you to discuss the department's efficiency efforts. i would like to put the full statement in the record and summarize it here briefly in an oral statement. >> thank you. he could during a speech at eisenhower library, secretary gates outlined how to maintain and modernize the key military capabilities at a time of war and fiscal pressure. the defense department would need to fundamentally change the way it does business. the reason is this -- to sustain the current military force structure, which we must do given the security challenges this country faces, requires the equivalent of real budget growth of 2% to 3%. the overall defense budget is expected to rise in real terms by about 1% based on dod inflation assumptions. the department cannot and should not ask congress or the american taxpayers for more increases in any year unless we have done everything possible to make the dollars we already have an account for m
thank you. >> thank you, senator mccain. secretary lynn. >> a thank you for the opportunity to appear before you to discuss the department's efficiency efforts. i would like to put the full statement in the record and summarize it here briefly in an oral statement. >> thank you. he could during a speech at eisenhower library, secretary gates outlined how to maintain and modernize the key military capabilities at a time of war and fiscal pressure. the defense department would...
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just as a follow-up to senator mccain. what is the -- do you consider people who cross our border without proper authority or paper to be here illegally? >> yes. >> and if that's the case, especially in arizona and the surrounding area, what's your policy and the administration's policy with regard to when you in fact stop somebody, whether it's through a traffic stop or some other means, what actually happens to those individuals? what's your policy and recommendation and the administration's? >> well, it depends on the circumstances of the stop and it depends on the -- >> assuming the stop is legal. all that law stuff which we all know. what happens? what's the position? are they then subjected to being deported or does it depend on whether they are a violent offender? >> no. they will be recorded. they will be put into the immigration system. they may or may not be detained which is -- >> that's where i'm a little confused. they're either here illegally or not. are they supposed to be detained or not? >> it depends on t
just as a follow-up to senator mccain. what is the -- do you consider people who cross our border without proper authority or paper to be here illegally? >> yes. >> and if that's the case, especially in arizona and the surrounding area, what's your policy and the administration's policy with regard to when you in fact stop somebody, whether it's through a traffic stop or some other means, what actually happens to those individuals? what's your policy and recommendation and the...
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. >> mccain did it in 2008. >> in the campaign he did it. >> the r&e is -- >> a lot of this has been proposed by republicans in one form or another. >> well, i don't know if the expansion and the -- >> why would the president not have done it earlier this year or even last year? >> i'm sure that the permanence of r&e, we've been talking about that for years. i'm not sure that the expansion and the simplification of research and experimentation has been -- >> but this is all about politics and producing a law, isn't it? you can't possibly get it through congress and you know that. >> but, chip, congress doesn't stop thinking about what it's going to do after november. the president is putting on the table a series of what he believes are important economic ideas. >> why didn't he do it a year ago or six months ago? >> well, again, if you look at the expensing provisions -- in 2008, the former administration had a 50 percent expensing provision in law. the recovery act contained a 50 percent expensing provision in 2009. in 2010, the small business bill that is before the senate continu
. >> mccain did it in 2008. >> in the campaign he did it. >> the r&e is -- >> a lot of this has been proposed by republicans in one form or another. >> well, i don't know if the expansion and the -- >> why would the president not have done it earlier this year or even last year? >> i'm sure that the permanence of r&e, we've been talking about that for years. i'm not sure that the expansion and the simplification of research and experimentation...
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campaign could spend because he mccain did accept the pope -- that partial public financing. there was lot of concern about the three-quarters of a billion dollars spent by the obama campaign that was spent in the last cycle and, in a way, that did undercut his credibility host: virginia beach, mark, independent line. caller: i am starting to get involved in politics and things like that i am finding it hard to comprehend because you're saying you cannot talk reveal private investments that you are getting of millions and millions of dollars, but again, you owe so much money and [unintelligible] and the federal government goes and punishes because they've made theironey probably and kept it to themselves. where are you getting all of this money from? host: michael, we've got your point. let me show the viewers the headline in "usa today." ehab line is that mid debt -- midterm campaign war chests are crammed. guest: we were looking at a billion dollars election cycle ck in march and that was kind of a trajectory of spending in the elections of a last several cycles, not taking
campaign could spend because he mccain did accept the pope -- that partial public financing. there was lot of concern about the three-quarters of a billion dollars spent by the obama campaign that was spent in the last cycle and, in a way, that did undercut his credibility host: virginia beach, mark, independent line. caller: i am starting to get involved in politics and things like that i am finding it hard to comprehend because you're saying you cannot talk reveal private investments that you...
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it has been blocked by senator mccain and others in the senate. i am disappointed, but we are responsible here. senator mccain is of using the filibuster rule from even taking of the armed services bill. host: next phone call. raymond, co-head. caller: good morning, mr. welch. i am a baby boomer and i have five credit cards. my brother bought me a t-shirt that said if you miss the good old days, try missing a few credit card statement. recently, in june, july, august, just in time for the third quarter, credit rates have been increased $500, $1,500. of the credit cards that i had, only four came down to their original terms and conditions. five of them have shown no mercy on their policy. this is our policy, i cannot help you. guest: first of all, you have a lot of credit cards. i will not ask you what you're doing with all of those cards. you say they but don't change their policy -- they do not change their policy. it is essentially their way or the highway. as i mentioned, i think they are useful, and we have a responsibility to make sure that
it has been blocked by senator mccain and others in the senate. i am disappointed, but we are responsible here. senator mccain is of using the filibuster rule from even taking of the armed services bill. host: next phone call. raymond, co-head. caller: good morning, mr. welch. i am a baby boomer and i have five credit cards. my brother bought me a t-shirt that said if you miss the good old days, try missing a few credit card statement. recently, in june, july, august, just in time for the third...
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if circumstances had been one way -- if senator mccain had won the election and had left me in as chief of the voting section, and there had been good boating -- good relations between us, then i would have stayed on for awhile longer. it is the most important job i have ever had. he now give that up easily. under the circumstance -- you do not give that up easily. under this circumstance -- i did not ask for the transfer. >> one final question. who was responsible for diminishing your authority? >> miss king, mr. rosenbaum, and miss fernandez were involved. the attack of limitations they put on me, i believe they were not the kind of limitations that were placed on other chiefs in the civil rights division. i am not the only person who had these kinds of limitations, because i am not the only chief who has had with the division management, but it was unusual in comparison. >> i will yield my time. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. thank you, mr. coates. i believe this is a morally right and morally courageous thing you are doing in coming forward today. i thank the chairman for yie
if circumstances had been one way -- if senator mccain had won the election and had left me in as chief of the voting section, and there had been good boating -- good relations between us, then i would have stayed on for awhile longer. it is the most important job i have ever had. he now give that up easily. under the circumstance -- you do not give that up easily. under this circumstance -- i did not ask for the transfer. >> one final question. who was responsible for diminishing your...
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i looked at the tv and watched as john mccain -- all i could think about was my poor client. i looked at the tv and watched john mccain say that he was suspending his campaign and going to washington because his country needed him. i did not think that was leader- like. i could not figure out what was going on. then president bush said we are in trouble and need to bail out the banks, and i about fell out of my chair. i was so discouraged. i watched president obama set to their smug, and i was depressed. i thought, if this is what we have for leadership in our country, we have better change soon. i have had the pleasure of working with ceos of all entrepreneurial companies for 25 years. they bring business. they employ people. they help keep people working to pay their mortgages. [applause] to see what is going on in our country is a tragedy. it is horrible. we have got to write it before it is too late. i am still watching my clients laying people off. today and fla. the report -- today in florida the unemployment rate was 11.7%. that is unacceptable. we were a booming state
i looked at the tv and watched as john mccain -- all i could think about was my poor client. i looked at the tv and watched john mccain say that he was suspending his campaign and going to washington because his country needed him. i did not think that was leader- like. i could not figure out what was going on. then president bush said we are in trouble and need to bail out the banks, and i about fell out of my chair. i was so discouraged. i watched president obama set to their smug, and i was...
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we actually won for mccain and palin here in virginia beach. that is all i keep. >> both parties would perceive this election as a message on president obama. president obama carry this tester during his campaign and it is his policies that are in the middle of this debate. even though glenn and i did not vote for the health care bill, people on the republican side are campaigning against it and want to use it against him. in some ways, it is used as a referendum on the president's policies. it may send a about obama chances in virginia in 2012. contentn's local vehicles are traveling the country, visiting congressional districts as we look at some of the most closely contested house races leading up to this november's midterm elections. for more information, go to c- span.org/lcv. >> president obama has a bill which sets up in london bond for small businesses. from the white house east room. >> the president of the united states. [applause] >> thank you. thank you, everybody. thank you so much. thank you. thank you so much. i am thrilled to be
we actually won for mccain and palin here in virginia beach. that is all i keep. >> both parties would perceive this election as a message on president obama. president obama carry this tester during his campaign and it is his policies that are in the middle of this debate. even though glenn and i did not vote for the health care bill, people on the republican side are campaigning against it and want to use it against him. in some ways, it is used as a referendum on the president's...
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the virginia 5th district is conservative leaning and mccain won it with 50.6% of the vote. it is traditionally a republican stronghold and has become somewhat less so. and it is represented by a democrat. >> virginia's 5th district is the size of new jersey and it is a triangle shape with the sharltsville region, home to the university of virginia and thomas jefferson's home down to the south side of virginia, north carolina border that includes the city of martinsville, danville and part of lynchburg. the economy has hit the district hard. their unemployment tops 20%. it's bad, but not quite as bad as elsewhere in the district. there is unemployment continues to be a problem throughout the district. there have been a number of foreclosures, obviously like everywhere. people who have their jobs, their pay has stagnated for the last few years. so it's certainly a big problem here. tom perriello is a moderate democrat. whereas on some of the big ticket priorities on president obama and the democrats, he voted in favor of health care reform and voted in favor of the cap and tr
the virginia 5th district is conservative leaning and mccain won it with 50.6% of the vote. it is traditionally a republican stronghold and has become somewhat less so. and it is represented by a democrat. >> virginia's 5th district is the size of new jersey and it is a triangle shape with the sharltsville region, home to the university of virginia and thomas jefferson's home down to the south side of virginia, north carolina border that includes the city of martinsville, danville and...
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in 2008, in the presidential campaign, both then-senator barack obama and john mccain and vision and embraced the vision of working toward a world free of nuclear weapons as well as practical steps toward that goal. last year president obama in the czech republic and said the mccain on the senate floor reaffirmed the statements they made during the campaign. very significantly, president obama and russian president did it give -- medvedyev called for a world without nuclear weapons. the u.s. and russia controlled 90% of the nuclear weapons and most of the nuclear materials. president obama was joined by the rest of the members of the security council in agreeing to negotiate a treaty ending production of volatile material for nuclear purposes and to work toward fulfilling article 6 of the nuclear treaty. you will hear from our colleague from the u.n. this afternoon on that important subject, and others. the nuclear agenda continues to move in 2010. in april, president obama and president mmiff if -- mid did give me did you -- medvedyev affirmed their commitment. they reaffirmed the d
in 2008, in the presidential campaign, both then-senator barack obama and john mccain and vision and embraced the vision of working toward a world free of nuclear weapons as well as practical steps toward that goal. last year president obama in the czech republic and said the mccain on the senate floor reaffirmed the statements they made during the campaign. very significantly, president obama and russian president did it give -- medvedyev called for a world without nuclear weapons. the u.s....
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we certainly have in the past with the unions with the mccain /kennedy bill and prior versions of that. -- in your view on h1v's because in the past it has been much higher. >> in this economy because the economy is down, or the cat has not been hit. -- the cap has not been hit. they have not reached it because in a down economy they do not need the workers and they are not recruiting them. what would be the ideal gauck? -- ideal cap? i do not know. in the past, when the economy was booming we were at the 198,000 level and they were all used up. i'm guessing somewhere between 150,000 to 200,000. >> i'm curious about what you see as your funding priorities as the congress comes back and if you could go gill that into your political program. >> our funding priorities on the hill would be to ensure that the choice act is not enacted. we do have problems with the house that has now passed the house and the senate. it makes it marked the more difficult for an employer to defend his or her case. and george miller has a bill out of the house on ocean reform that we have significant problems w
we certainly have in the past with the unions with the mccain /kennedy bill and prior versions of that. -- in your view on h1v's because in the past it has been much higher. >> in this economy because the economy is down, or the cat has not been hit. -- the cap has not been hit. they have not reached it because in a down economy they do not need the workers and they are not recruiting them. what would be the ideal gauck? -- ideal cap? i do not know. in the past, when the economy was...
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host: quiten exchange between john mccain o arizona and senator lindsey graham on the issue of don't ask don't tell and the threat of a filibuster. could they do so? >> it is up in the air. it will be a crucial time for supporters of the repeal, those who are against it. you need 60 votes to overcome a filibuster. on either side, you need 60 votes. carl levin yesterday afternoon did not know if the 60 votes were there. you need a couple republicans -- susan collins voted in favor of repeal but there were concerns that debate on the bill would be limited, so that could take away her critical vote to reach 60. scott brown voted in favor of the defense bill out of committee, not for repeal. he wld be another one to look at, in terms of whether he would go to overcome a filibuster. course, olympia snowe as well. host: that may ask youbout two other senators. jim webb of virginia, jim blagojich of ohio -- voinovich of ohio. >> voinovich will be important, in terms of whether he can give the democrats in the 60 votes that are needed. he does not agree with repealing don't ask don't tell. h
host: quiten exchange between john mccain o arizona and senator lindsey graham on the issue of don't ask don't tell and the threat of a filibuster. could they do so? >> it is up in the air. it will be a crucial time for supporters of the repeal, those who are against it. you need 60 votes to overcome a filibuster. on either side, you need 60 votes. carl levin yesterday afternoon did not know if the 60 votes were there. you need a couple republicans -- susan collins voted in favor of...
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senator mccain who was running for president thought it made sense. and senator obama thought it made sense. president obama thought it made sense, but the one thing that did make sense is to announce we will close guantanamo bay without a plan to do it. -- the one thing that did not make sense is to announce that we will close guantanamo bay without a plan in place to do it. there were not sharing in south carolina because they did not know what it meant. i still do not know what it means. i will not support closing guantanamo bay unless you can do it safely. right now we have been punting. we just keep printing on the hard, difficult issues around in guantanamo bay and the war on terror and general. i will talk a bit more about that in the minutes. nine years after 9/11 we have had two attacks that failed, and where did they come from? where did those attacks that failed in america come from? they came from home grown terrorism. the war has shifted. what do we do nine years after 9/11 when thomas tries to blow up an airplane over detroit -- when som
senator mccain who was running for president thought it made sense. and senator obama thought it made sense. president obama thought it made sense, but the one thing that did make sense is to announce we will close guantanamo bay without a plan to do it. -- the one thing that did not make sense is to announce that we will close guantanamo bay without a plan in place to do it. there were not sharing in south carolina because they did not know what it meant. i still do not know what it means. i...
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. >> john mccain says the coming up with it now says it is a sign that it ministration is try to come up with anything they can. >> i want to separate --we are in the political season, we get that. this is not simply something the president is proposing to get somehow through the next seven weeks of how we get our economy from where is it to where we want to be. the president is focused on the problems that the american people have, the economic situation we all find ourselves and. it may or may not overlap well with a political calendar that is not -- the president is not here to solve the nation's problems on the political calendar. the assault -- he is here to solve the nation's problems as they exist. that is what he is elected to do and that is what he will focus his time on doing. >> have you heard the president's comments on the koran story? >> i have not. >> the president said the infrastructure improvements yesterday would increase jobs immediately. >> some of that depends on when something would pass. if you pass something in the next few months, i think you could certainly
. >> john mccain says the coming up with it now says it is a sign that it ministration is try to come up with anything they can. >> i want to separate --we are in the political season, we get that. this is not simply something the president is proposing to get somehow through the next seven weeks of how we get our economy from where is it to where we want to be. the president is focused on the problems that the american people have, the economic situation we all find ourselves and....